Meet Season for Caring agency Meals on Wheels and More

Jose Alcantar, left, and his wife, Manuela, still live at their home that was flooded during the Halloween flood of 2013. They lost almost everything. DEBORAH CANNON / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Meals on Wheels and More is one of the largest meal-delivery organizations in Texas, distributing 3,000 meals each business day to homebound older adults and people with disabilities. Part of the Central Texas community since 1972, Meals on Wheels and More provides case management that looks at the whole situation and its programs assist clients with minor and major home repairs; grocery shopping assistance; a monthly supply of shelf-stable groceries; extra, daily, shelf-stable meals for people who are at-risk nutritionally; veteran services; respite care for people with Alzheimer’s or dementia; problem-solving therapies; rural meal delivery; and pet food and pet health care for clients’ dogs and cats. All services are provided free of charge.

Jose Alcantar, left, and his wife, Manuela, still live at their home that was flooded during the Halloween flood of 2013. They lost almost everything. DEBORAH CANNON / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Meals on Wheels and More has been part of Season for Caring nine times.

This year, it nominated Jose and Manuela Alcantar and their 53-year-old son, who has a brain injury, clung to each other while the waters of Onion Creek rose to their necks last year.